Employing People With Disabilities: How Type of Disability Matters — Part 2

People with disabilities, and particularly autistic individuals, struggle with lower employment rates and incomes compared to people who are disability-free.

You Can’t Secure What You Can’t See: The Case for Visibility

From water treatment plants and public utilities to traffic management systems, communities rely on operational technology (OT) every day. These systems help deliver essential public services, but they also present a unique cybersecurity challenge. OT environments often include specialized and legacy equipment that can be difficult to identify, manage, and secure using traditional IT tools.Read… Read more »

Celebrating Government’s Unsung Heroes: Submit a Nomination for the NextGen Public Service Awards

Public servants rarely seek the spotlight. They spend their days solving problems, improving services, supporting colleagues, and helping communities thrive. Yet many of their contributions go unrecognized outside their immediate teams. That’s why the NextGen Public Service Awards were created: to celebrate the government employees who are making a real difference and ensure their workRead… Read more »

The Next Evolution: Why Agencies Are Exploring Agentic AI

Artificial intelligence is evolving. For years, organizations have used AI for IT Operations (AIOps) to help monitor systems, identify issues and recommend solutions. Now, a new approach is emerging: agentic AI, which moves beyond analysis and into action, helping organizations not only understand problems, but also resolve them. From Insight to Action AIOps was designedRead… Read more »

Employing People With Disabilities — Part 1

Even when people with disabilities have at least a college degree, they are employed much less frequently than people without disabilities with comparable education.

Agentic AI and the Future of Collective State and Local Cyber Resilience

In this video interview, Elastic’s John Harmon discusses how an agentic SOC can help agencies improve cyber resilience.

When Ethics Isn’t Enough: What Homelessness Policy Teaches Us About Collaborative Governance

Ethical behavior in public service is based on integrity, accountability and legal compliance. But effective collaboration is an ethical issue, too.

Beyond the Red Tape: A Blueprint for Long-Term Success in Public Service

Working in government is fundamentally different from working in the private sector. It takes different tactics to build a successful public-service career.